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Earth-sheltered homes are an energy efficient and environmentally conscious alternative to traditional home construction. Earth Sheltered construction includes all buildings in which Earth covers part or all of the exterior
 
The Earth Sheltered House: Presents a fundamentally different way of looking at the design and building process by a pioneer of underground building and natural design. His sketches and hand-written explanations demonstrate the advantages of living in underground buildings and discuss solutions to common problems
Review: The Earth Sheltered House - This book presents a fundamentally different way of looking at the design and building process by a pioneer of underground building and natural design. His sketches and hand-written explanations demonstrate the advantages of living in underground buildings and discuss solutions to common problems
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Advantages to Earth-sheltered housing

Insulation: An earth-sheltered home is less affected by changes in outdoor air temperatures. Since temperatures inside an earth sheltered house are more stable, interior rooms are more comfortable and use less energy to maintain, in both summer and winter.

Soundproofing: Constructing a an earth-sheltered house that is dug into the earth or surrounded by earth builds in some natural sound dampening.

Landscape Integral: Earth-sheltered houses can blend harmoniously and sometimes almost invisibly into the landscape.

Cheaper Insurance: Earth-sheltered housing can cost less to insure since, by its very nature, earth sheltered housing is more sheltered from the elements and such a design offers extra protection against high winds, hailstorms, and natural disasters such as tornados and hurricanes.

Less Maintenance: Depending on the design there is no need for external painting or mending & cleaning gutters.

Disadvantages: Cost of construction of earth sheltered housing can be up to 20% higher & great care is needed in construction to exclude moisture

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A comprehensive "high end overview" of what you need to consider if you're going to design & build an earth sheltered house. Not specific to a particular location or design. As an engineer this book has given me a lot of insight into what I need to think about for my house. If you're looking for finished designs & instructions this is not the book for you.
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A well written and easy to follow description of the author's experiences building his own earth sheltered house. Now out of print but find it if you can.
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